After kowtowing, Liu Zhenglong said: "Students will definitely study Your Majesty's articles in the future, and strive to catch up with Your Majesty's one-ten-thousandth of your Majesty's font as soon as possible." Reward, it is a great honor to share the worries of the monarch as a courtier. However, the grace of heaven is vast, and the disciples are eager for Junze rain and dew. If you can get Your Majesty's Mobao, the disciple will definitely practice diligently when he goes back. ”

"You should also work painting, and don't fight and kill all day long." Song Huizong Zhao Ji was very satisfied with Liu Zhenglong's attitude, but he just hoped that this guy, as a civilian official, would improve his literary accomplishment more and try not to involve military affairs.

If it is broken, the road will be sealed by the official family, and once it is sealed, then going to the northwest will become a fantasy. Liu Zhenglong decided to take the initiative to go to the Western Army, and he absolutely couldn't wait for Song Huizong and Zhao Ji to settle down their official positions. But to be honest, the difficulty coefficient is quite large, so he became a straight man from the sixth grade, served the imperial history, and judged the affairs of the Hangzhou government.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji saw that Liu Zhenglong's face had been changing, so he asked: "The palace test has ended, I personally presided over the palace test for you, I don't know if you are ready, and I see that you have something on your mind, you might as well speak it out and listen to it, and let the teacher solve problems for you." ”

This is the first time that Zhao Ji of Song Huizong has talked to Liu Zhenglong as a teacher, which shows how much he attaches importance to this protégé of the Son of Heaven.

"The disciple is ambitious and talented, and participating in the palace examination must be the virtue of the ancestors, the blessing of the emperor, and the disciple does not dare to ask for extravagance, but only seeks to realize the sentence 'The king is the king of the world, and he wins the name before and after him.' ”

Liu Zhenglong decided to take the initiative, of course, it was very risky to be so presumptuous in front of the officials, but he was still willing to gamble for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji has read countless people, but he can't see this disciple's mind clearly, the more this is the case, the more interested he is in this disciple's protégé. He remembered the first time he saw Liu Zhenglong, when this disciple told about the king's world. At this time, I also guessed the ambition of this disciple.

"Do you know that our dynasty is a civil and official world, if you can't go from the court to the local government and then to the court step by step, it will be difficult to enter the political hall in the future, and according to your own life plan, it is equivalent to blocking your career path. I don't want to bury you, I hope you think it through before replying to me. ”

"Wechen's ambition is to be a model for Han Xianggong." At this time, Liu Zhenglong decided to bring out Han Qi, the famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty who once presided over the Western Front and the Western Xia War, although it was not as brilliant as the record of Di Qing, the god of war in the Northern Song Dynasty, but Han Qi was the most capable of fighting among the civil officials, which was enough.

"Why are you staring at the Western Front?"

At this moment, Song Huizong Zhao Ji was really thundered, he knew that Liu Zhenglong would continue to talk about the matter of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun last time, and finally let himself agree to this guy to go to the army, but now how to transfer to the Western Front, this is too fanciful.

Liu Zhenglong said: "Over the past hundred years, our dynasty has used troops against Western Xia, spending hundreds of millions of dollars and food, although famous generals have gone out to fight and won countless victories, however, every time it comes to the most critical moment, the Liao army will stab a knife in the back, and it will eventually return in vain." Conversely, when fighting with the Liao army, the Western Xia army would also look for trouble on the Western Front. Our army is in a two-front war, and it is difficult to complete. If Your Majesty wants to recover the sixteen states of Youyun and realize the dream of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, the first step is not to send troops to Hebei to unite the Jin army against the Liao army, but to cripple the Western Xia, so that it can no longer stab the knife in the back, and our army can go straight to Hebei to recover the sixteen states of Youyun. ”

When he said this, Liu Zhenglong paused, this guy secretly glanced at the expression of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, and continued to say after confirming that the other party was not disgusted: "Those who are ministers must share their worries for the monarch's father, and Weichen is willing to solve the problem of the Western Front for His Majesty, open up territory for the Western Front of the Great Song Dynasty, and clear the obstacles for the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun." ”

This kind of domineering, this kind of self-confidence is what Tong Guan does not have, to be honest, Song Huizong Zhao Ji has long been dissatisfied with the labor and loss of money on the Western Front over the years, but the Western Front has been winning battles, so he didn't say anything. There are victories every year, but in addition to the labor and money, the Great Song Dynasty has not benefited. It is the dream of every emperor to expand the territory, and no one is an exception, especially this ambitious, talented, self-righteous and self-righteous Song Huizong.

"Envoy Tong has been fighting with the Western Xia army on the Western Front for many years, and at most he has relied on encroachment to advance step by step, and there is no way to open up territory for the Great Song Dynasty, how can you do it?" Although Song Huizong admires Liu Zhenglong's attitude, it does not mean that he does not have doubts in his heart.

"Your Majesty, can Weichen think that this is a palace test?"

"Yes, but in the future, when the monarch and the ministers meet in private, you will be my disciple, and you don't have to be so angry. You are doing well in Gangnam, and hopefully there will be a better answer on the Western Front. ”

Since it appeared as a palace test, it was very formal, Liu Zhenglong didn't dare to be sloppy at all, he adjusted his breathing and said: "To open up the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, Weichen elaborated from the following four aspects: the first aspect of the current situation of Western Xia, Xixia claims to be 500,000 soldiers, but in fact it is 500,000 strong men, so that all soldiers in wartime and all people participate in the war, which is directly related to the strong customs of the party and the nation. But there are many problems behind the strength, the contradictions between the first eight tribes cannot be reconciled, especially the contradiction between the Tuoba Department and the second Seal Department is almost to the point where it is irrepressible, but the Western Xia royal family is strong and forcibly suppressed! There is a second contradiction within the Western Xia, that is, the contradiction between the familiar party item and the raw party item, which has existed since the day of the birth of the Western Xia, and it has become more and more intense. The so-called Shengdangxiang people are the people of the Dangxiang ethnic group who live in the northwest border and still retain the original ecology of the party, they live in poverty and backwardness, and they are the main force participating in the war. Familiar with the party were the wealthy and powerful who held the power of the Western Xia, they longed for the Great Song Dynasty culture, preferred to live a comfortable and comfortable life, and preferred to trade in Tongguan to maximize profits, rather than use endless conquest to solve problems. The third contradiction within the Western Xia, the dispute between the later factions, this is the unique and wonderful existence of the Western Xia, which has never been eliminated, but the situation is different! The imperial family headed by Li Qianshun, Chongzong of Western Xia, occupies the highest end of the political power, but the queen Yelu Nanxian has the support of the Liao State behind her, and has a force to be reckoned with in the court. The fourth contradiction in Western Xia was the struggle for military power, and the Jin king Li Chage, the Pu king Li Renzhong, and the Shu king Li Renli also fought for many years for the dominance of the army. As long as we can provoke one of these four contradictions to intensify, then the Western Xia will cause civil strife. ”

In fact, these things have been reported by the Privy Council, but the Privy Council has been understating, and Song Huizong Zhao Ji has not paid attention to it, and today I heard Liu Zhenglong say this, it is also the same thing, it is true that the outside must first be safe, if the civil strife in Western Xia does not stop, then the Western Front battle will not have to be so bitter.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji, who was in a good mood, gave him a seat, and also arranged for Liu Zhenglong to stay in the palace for lunch, which meant that he wanted this protégé of the Son of Heaven to say all the four points, after all, the four major contradictions within Western Xia were only the most inconspicuous points.

Liu Zhenglong, who got the approval, did not have the previous nervousness, he unhurriedly threw out the theory of national war, and began to talk about the war and the conversion of peace between the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty from the founding of the Western Xia, this is more than an hour, the Western Xia is fierce in combat, and many times has the upper hand, but the lack of the country can not support the long-term war, and finally has no choice but to propose peace, and is unable to enter the Great Song Prefecture, at most it is to plunder the population and plunder the wealth. After many years of war, the nobles of the Western Xia became rich, but the Western Xia was always lacking in national strength and could not suffer the consequences of the closure of the Great Song Dynasty, so the war between the two countries was only a means, and peace was the theme.

Finally, Liu Zhenglong said in the theory of national warfare: "Due to the existence of the Liao State, our army has not been able to achieve a decisive victory in the war with the Western Xia for a hundred years, but now the Liao civil strife is not stopped, but also in the face of the increasingly powerful Jin State, there is no time to look westward, as long as we rely on the national strength of the war, we will definitely completely drag down the Western Xia, although it will not destroy the country, but at least it can be suppressed to a point where it can not threaten our dynasty and become a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Can you do it?" To be honest, Song Huizong was most interested in this part, he actually didn't like the Western Front to fight for years and years, working the people and losing money.

"Yes, it's just that you can't rush it, the disciple has a detailed plan, please look at it."

Liu Zhenglong is fully prepared, otherwise just by virtue of this palace test, how can he be promoted to the sixth grade, you must know that the Great Song Dynasty is a low-level real power, and if the official family attaches great importance to the six products, they can obtain a lot of real power.

Song Huizong watched Liu Zhenglong's recital three times, and it took half an hour, and he said with a smile with his stomach purring: "Let's talk while eating, the five-year war of Western Xia you said needs to consume 10 million guan, this money is not affordable by the imperial court, and the political hall will not approve it, if this problem cannot be solved, how can your national war strategy be realized?" ”

"10 million yuan, you don't need a penny from the imperial court, the disciple will complete it, it's just a commercial operation, you need the permission of the imperial court, specifically, the disciple has a strategy." Liu Zhenglong has too many ways to raise money, and he didn't take it seriously at all, but in order not to be questioned by the court and officials, he still proposed to occupy the right to open mines, make money, overseas trade, and tax exemption.

10 million guan does not need to come out of the imperial court, this sentence can be said to be a sentence that stirred up a thousand waves, Song Huizong Zhao Ji was stimulated, Zhu Mian, known as the king of the southeast, was rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the end it was only three million guan, and now his protégé of the Son of Heaven said 10 million guan as if it was a thousand guan, what if he could get another 10 million guan for himself?

Once the door of human desire is opened, it must not be closed easily, Song Huizong and Zhao Ji looked at Liu Zhenglong differently, and he saw that this guy was psychologically hairy. Fortunately, I know that this artistic genius does not have the habit of dragon yang, otherwise Liu Zhenglong would not have died of depression.

Liu Zhenglong was so smart, he immediately understood what the official family meant, for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, for the sake of hundreds of millions of living beings, and of course, for his own future, he gritted his teeth and said: "The disciple will raise 20 million guan in five years, first enter the inner treasury, and then use it for the Western Front to fight against the Western Xia." ”

The son can be taught, Song Huizong just likes Liu Zhenglong's supreme intelligence, since this disciple is so good, he can't be too stingy as a teacher, but what is the reward? Gold, silver and jewelry, people don't like it, if you have an official position, it is already unique from the sixth grade, and at most it will be promoted to the sixth grade, which also needs to convince the political affairs hall, as for the princess to marry, then this student is not qualified enough.

In the end, Song Huizong still came up with an idea, that is, the official position will not be changed if it is set at the sixth grade, but the right can be enlarged, and it is the kind of special privilege, specially set up a yamen for this guy, a position, and the authority is limited, and when Liu Zhenglong leaves this department, it will be directly abolished.

After making up his mind, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong said with a smile: "It seems that the protégé of the legendary Son of Heaven is a boy who scatters wealth, and it seems that what he said is true. Today, you have passed the palace examination presided over by me personally, and the next step is to prepare to participate in the royal banquet of Jinmingchi. I canonized you as the Zhengliupin Chaofenglang, Zhaoxuan Envoy, Xihe Road, Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Military Road Three-Way Defense Envoy, and Zhixingqing Mansion Affairs. ”

The official name is very long, but many of them are false, ostensibly the three-way defense envoy, but there is no right to control the three-way, and there is no specific position, but it can participate in the administration, division, finance, and military affairs of the three-way. Xingqing Mansion is the imperial city of Western Xia after all, and there is a need for a prefect of the Great Song Dynasty. Although there is no right to control the three paths, the final appointment authority plan added a sentence that all matters in Western Xia affairs are expedient, and it is not allowed to report to the political affairs hall. This sentence depends on how to interpret it, if the official family allows it, it is to act on behalf of the official family, and even skip the political hall, on the contrary, if the official family does not allow it, it is just an empty word.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the defense envoys were basically military attachés, and they had no real positions or real power, but they were obviously not here in Liu Zhenglong, the key was in the handling of Western Xia affairs, and the right to control Xihe Road, Qinfeng Road, and Yongxing Military Road was very important, depending on what the attitude of the official family was.

The rules and regulations in this are too awkward, not something that Liu Zhenglong can understand as a modern person, but there is one thing he knows, the official family gave him the Son of Heaven Sword, which can be understood as a generation of the Son of Heaven patrolling the northwest, as long as he uses the rules reasonably, he does not have to worry about being suppressed by Tong Guan in the Western Army.

In the final appointment, he did not leave the Hangzhou General Judgment, to put it bluntly, once the affairs of the Western Xia side are over, Liu Zhenglong will go to Hangzhou to take office, but I don't know if there will be a change in his position at that time. Now that it is a matter of knowing Xingqing Mansion, whether it is appropriate to make a general judgment in Hangzhou at that time is not considered by anyone.